Working from home, suspending school resumption, and suspension of public transport, Hohhot announced: In principle, we will not leave.
Writing |Wang Hang
Source | “Medical Community” Public Account
Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, with a permanent population of 3.496 million, has reported more than 2,800 positive infections as of October 8 since the first confirmed case of the new crown appeared on September 28.
Currently, Hohhot has 395 high-risk areas and 17 medium-risk areas. In order to block the super transmission of Omicron BF.7, after the National Day holiday, Hohhot continued to strengthen social control, implemented measures such as working from home, suspending the start of school, and bus suspension. In principle, the city’s personnel will not leave for the time being.
Since October, the number of local infections across the country has increased significantly. On October 8, there were 1,748 new positive infections in mainland China.
Nucleic acid testing site
Photo source: Hohhot Daily
Over 2800 new cases in 11 days
On September 28, Hohhot City issued an announcement saying that a confirmed case was found in the medical staff of the Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University during the nucleic acid inspection of the new coronavirus, and the case was an intern nurse. .
After the first case, Hohhot added 30 new infections within 4 days, and the surge in cases occurred during the National Day holiday. On October 3, the number of new local positive infections in Hohhot exceeded 100 for the first time in a single day, reaching 369 cases.
In the following 7 days, more than 100 new cases were added every day in Hohhot. Among them, the largest number of cases were reported on October 6, with more than 650 cases, and 597 and 564 cases were reported on October 7 and 8, respectively.
As of 24:00 on October 8, Hohhot had 723 confirmed cases and 2,066 asymptomatic infections. More than 2,800 new positive infections were added in 11 days.
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Center for Disease Control and Prevention Jiang Xiaofeng once introduced at an earlier press conference, “This epidemic has many points and wide areas, showing the characteristics of multi-point distribution and local aggregation, showing a short incubation period. , strong dissemination ability, fast dissemination speed, and the characteristics of dissemination concealment.”
According to the trajectories of 1216-1611 local positive infected persons released by Hohhot today, there are still infected persons appearing in home quarantine and community screening, indicating that the risk of social transmission still exists .
Comprehensive past case trajectories, involving schools, bungalows, supermarkets, farmers markets, construction sites and other crowded places, complex activity trajectories and wide-ranging occupational categories, increasing the difficulty of epidemic prevention and control.
Xiaofang, the deputy mayor of Hohhot, once introduced at the press conference that the current round of epidemic strain in Hohhot is the evolutionary branch of the BF.7 variant. The clinical symptoms include high fever, persistent cough, body pain, Headache, sore throat, change in smell and loss of appetite, etc.
Xiaofang said that the Omicron BF.7 variant “has stronger infectivity, diffusivity and escape, which can easily cause large-scale transmission, and it is difficult to handle and control the epidemic. also multiplied.” A non-peer-reviewed study revealed that BF.7 was “the most neutralizing-resistant variant evaluated to date,” exhibiting “widespread escape” from neutralizing antibodies.
As of October 7, Zhejiang Province, Jiangsu Province and other places have sent more than 1,500 medical teams to special hospitals in Hohhot to participate in medical treatment, and another 472 people have formed 4 medical teams to support the party. In the cabin hospital, 497 people formed 4 nucleic acid sampling teams to support the nucleic acid sampling work in Hohhot.
Epidemic prevention and control measures gradually strengthened
Faced with the strong transmission power of Omicron BF.7, Hohhot has continuously strengthened its epidemic prevention and control measures.
As early as September 30, after the outbreak of the epidemic in the local area, the government proposed to postpone the holding of wedding banquets and birthday banquets and other happy events in the city. In principle, sexual activities will not be held, and an announcement will be issued saying, “The general public will not leave unless it is necessary, and advocate local festivals and home leisure to prevent the spread of the epidemic.”
Community staff ask citizens to scan the code
Photo source: Hohhot Daily
On the evening of October 1, it was officially disclosed that Cao Xuetao, deputy director of the National Health Commission, led the Inner Mongolia working group of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism Comprehensive Team of the State Council to arrive in Hohhot to guide the front-line epidemic prevention and control work.
As the number of cases continued to increase, Hohhot immediately took stricter prevention and control measures. From October 4th, local citizens have an additional process when participating in nucleic acid testing. In addition to scanning the Qingcheng code, they also need to register for “person categories”.
According to a report from Chinanews.com, that day, many communities in Hohhot basically reserved only one exit. If residents have an urgent matter to go out, they need to hold an entry and exit permit. Volunteers for epidemic prevention and control will also inquire about the entry and exit in detail. He also told the public to “don’t go out unless necessary. “From October 5th, all buses in Hohhot will be temporarily suspended.
After the National Day holiday, Hohhot continued to strengthen social control measures, covering the fourth district of the city and the Jinchuan area of Tuzuo Banner. The staff of party and government organs at all levels, enterprises and institutions, except for special jobs, practice home office; all primary and secondary schools, kindergartens and kindergartens are temporarily closed, and colleges and universities are closed for management.
Bus, taxis (except those undertaking the task of epidemic prevention and control), and online car-hailing are temporarily suspended, and epidemic prevention-related vehicle certificates are allowed; Except for units with core functions, other business premises are temporarily closed or operated.
In addition, in principle, Hohhot personnel will not leave the local area for the time being (except for truck drivers and passengers), and those who go out to seek medical treatment and other special circumstances must provide a “five-day three-check” nucleic acid test negative certificate (Every time interval is more than 24 hours), the Qingcheng code is green code and the body temperature is normal, and the nucleic acid sampling from the breath is carried out.
At a press conference held today, Hohhot stated that it will strictly prevent the risk of spillover of personnel, freight, and vehicles, and promote the “epidemic-free community” and “pulling nails” in terms of social control. item work.
October 9, Hohhot New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Press Conference
Within 7 days, there are no new confirmed cases, asymptomatic infections, and close contact with villages, bungalows, and communities, and villages, bungalows, and communities where no epidemic has occurred. Those who meet the conditions must be active. Create an epidemic-free community. The “Nail Pulling” action includes six major measures: nucleic acid detection and screening, intensifying on-duty efforts, speeding up the transfer process, strengthening personnel management and control, organizing sterilization, and helping special groups.
Source: Medicine
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